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l SIGN. No. 352,030. Patented Nov. 2,1886.

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UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,030, dated November 2, 1886.

' Application filed August 26, 1884. Serial No. 141,5l6. (No model.)

To allwwmit may concern,.-

Beit known that I, CHARLES O. BAXTER, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful In1- provement in Signs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a side or face view. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on line 2 2, Fig. l.

Myinvention relates to a small hanging sign; and it consists in a body of wood having composition faces with advertising letters or words cast integral therewith and in relief, as more fully described-hereinafter.

In Letters Patent No. 306,462, issued October 14,1884, I claim an advertising-picture or'showcard frame having descriptive letters or words and ornamental or fanciful designs, said letters or words and designs being cast integral with th'e substance of ,the face of the frame. It is such a f aceas this which I have applied to a sign.

Referring to .the drawings, A represents the i body made of wood-veneers with their grains crossed, as shown in Fig. 2, to prevent warping. rlhe body A consists of a rear or central piece, a, having rounded edges a', and outer pieces, a, having their edges a rounded toward the edges of the centralpiece. A

The body may have eye-screws B, by means of which the sign can besuspended from a suitable object. on one or both sides, preferably on both,.c on

The body hasa plate or face, C,

and has a ne and strong appearance when nished ,up in di'erent shades and colors.

I claim as my inventionl. A sign consisting of a wooden body, A, formed with rear piece, a, having rounded edges a, and outer piece, a, having rounded edges a, and a plate, C, havingornamental or fanciful designs cast integral with the plate,`

the grain of the pieces being crossed substantially as described.

2. A sign consisting of a wooden body, A, having central piece, a, and outer pieces, a" a, and plates C C, each plate having ornamental or fanciful designs cast integral with the plate, the grain of the central piece being across the grain .of the outer pieces, substantially as described. g

3. A sign consisting of a wooden body, A, formed of a central piece having rounded edges a', and 'outer pieces having edges al rounded toward the edges of the central piece, and plates C C, each plate having ornamental or fanciful designs cast integral with the plate, substantially as set forth. y

CHARLES O. BAXTER. In presence of- GEO. H. KNIGHT, JOSEPH WAHLE.v 

